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==The "profitable dream" concept== | ==The "profitable dream" concept== | ||
CYBER KIDS was based on a concept coined by its creators then called the "profitable dream": | CYBER KIDS was based on a concept coined by its creators then called the "profitable dream". They envisioned that <span style="color:#FF000"> | ||
* | * Introducing advanced computer technology in the lives of a critical number of young children using an educationally relevant and socially responsible, peace-enhancing curriculum would allow them to promote creativity, innovation, imagination, and problem solving abilities, thus “transcending” the country’s educational and political life and move the new generation a decade ahead. </span> | ||
The project was founded on a well-defined vision statement: | The project was founded on a well-defined vision statement:<span style="color:#FF000"> | ||
* ... to re-define the tools, methods and purpose of education, in light of relevant social change. | * ... to re-define the tools, methods and purpose of education, in light of relevant social change.</span> | ||
The vehicle chosen to disseminate the impact of the project and its vision was the profit-making concept of franchising, thus creating new business both in Cyprus and in the seven countries in which it expanded, thus spreading the Cyber Kids philosophy and knowledge to many more spheres of social life.: | The vehicle chosen to disseminate the impact of the project and its vision was the profit-making concept of franchising, thus creating new business both in Cyprus and in the seven countries in which it expanded, thus spreading the Cyber Kids philosophy and knowledge to many more spheres of social life.: | ||
